Geography Facts for Kids
Cool facts about our planet
The Tibetan Plateau is often called the 'Roof of the World' — with an average elevation of over 4,500 metres, it is the highest and largest plateau on Earth.
The British Isles consist of over 6,000 islands, of which around 130 are permanently inhabited — Great Britain and Ireland are by far the largest.
The Congo River in Central Africa is the world's deepest river, with depths of over 220 metres — it is also the only major river to cross the equator twice.
Iceland has more than 130 volcanic mountains, around 30 of which are active — making it one of the most volcanically active places on Earth.
The Black Sea is connected to the Mediterranean Sea through the narrow Bosphorus Strait and the Sea of Marmara — it is surrounded by six countries.
Fjords are long, narrow sea inlets carved by glaciers during the last Ice Age — Norway and New Zealand have some of the most spectacular examples in the world.
The Great Plains of North America are a vast, flat grassland stretching from Canada to Texas, often called the 'breadbasket of North America' for their wheat production.
The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest non-polar desert on Earth — some parts of it have never recorded any rainfall at all.
The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped zone around the Pacific Ocean where about 90% of the world's earthquakes and most of its volcanic eruptions occur.
The Nile Delta in Egypt is gradually sinking due to reduced sediment flow caused by the Aswan Dam — rising sea levels threaten to inundate large parts of it.